While Qualcomm's 20nm Snapdragon 810 SoC might be the star of upcoming flagship smartphones, it appears that MediaTek has its own horse for the race, the octa-core MT6795.

Spotted by GforGames site, in a GeekBench test results and running inside an unknown smartphone, MediaTek's MT6795 managed to score 886 points in the single-core test and 4536 points in the multi-core test. These results were enough to put it neck to neck with the mighty Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC tested in the LG G Flex 2, which scored 1144 points in the single-core and 4345 in the multi-core test. While it did outrun the MT6795 in the single-core test, the multi-core test was clearly not kind on the Snapdragon 810.

The unknown device was running on Android Lollipop OS and packed 3GB of RAM, which might gave the MT6795 an edge over the LG G Flex 2.

MediaTek's octa-core MT6795 was announced last year and while we are yet to see some of the first design wins, recent rumors suggested that it could be powering Meizu's MX5, HTC's Desire A55 and some other high-end smartphones. The MediaTek MT6795 is a 64-bit octa-core SoC clocked at up to 2.2GHz, with four Cortex-A57 cores and four Cortex-A53 cores. It packs PowerVR G6200 graphics, supports LPDDR3 memory and can handle 2K displays at up to 120Hz.

As we are just a few days from Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 which will kick off in Barcelona on March 2nd, we are quite sure that we will see more info as well as more benchmarks as a single benchmark running on an unknown smartphone might not be the best representation of performance, it does show that MediaTek certainly has a good chip and can compete with Qualcomm and Samsung.

HTC has sent out invitations for the Mobile World Congress event where we all expect to see the new HTC One M9 high end device.

There will be a lot of announcements at the Barcelona-based Mobile World Congress (MWC 2015) and we expect to see new devices from Samsung, LG and many other brands.

HTC didn’t actually say that they want to release a high end phone at the event, they simply said an event named Utopia is in progress, and called on fans to "join us to see what's next".

We have mentioned the phone, codenamed Hima, a couple of times, as it is expected that the successor of HTC One M8 comes. The device is apparently 144.3 x 69.4 x 9.56mm with a 5-inch Full HD display and 3GB of RAM. This means the new high end will end up with a similar size to the current flagship.

Furthermore it is expected that the new phone comes with a Snapdragon 810 2.0GHz quad-core + 1.5GHz quad-core processor that is going to end up in most high end phones to come in early 2015. We expect that the Galaxy S6, LG G4, the new Sony Xperia will all end up with the Snapdragon 810.

HTC Hima should also come with a 20.7-megapixel camera, as well as a 13-megapixel or 4-megapixel UltraPixel front facing camera. This is going to be the biggest change from the current HTC One M8. The last leaked information is the 2840mAh battery as well as Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC’s new Sense 7.0 user interface, but you could have guessed this one.

We also expect to see a new mainstream phone the one that might give the Moto G run for its money.

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei is preparing a few new toys for the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The company will showcase a new smartphone, which will not be the successor to the Ascend P6. The next flagship Ascend will get its own launch event, reports the Wall Street Journal. Huawei will also show two new tablets, but there is not much info about them, either.

Huawei is also joining the wearable space. It will showcase its first smartwatch at MWC, but it is not saying anything more than that. Several big names have already launched wearable devices, mostly smartwatches, while others are developing similar devices.

Another big Chinese player is also gearing up to launch a smartwatch. Last year ZTE said it would launch a smartwatch in the second quarter of 2014.

LG has released a bit more information regarding the upcoming LG G2 Pro phablet, inclduing a few details regarding its camera.

While it has yesterday confirmed that LG G2 Pro is the official name of the Optimus G Pro successor, LG has now released a few more details regarding the main rear camera, which will feature a 13-megapixel sensor with improved optical image stabilization (OIS+) and will be able to capture 4K (3840x2160 resolution) videos. The front camera will stay at 2.1-megapixels.

LG also noted that the rear camera will have some sort of slow-motion video capture feature as well as a burst photo feature. LG will most likely announce and hopefully show the new LG G2 Pro at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which kicks off on 24th of Feburary.

According to a report from ETnews, Samsung brought a 5.68-inch foldable AMOLED display prototype to Consumer Electronics Show 2014 and showed it to a carefully selected group of VIPs behind closed doors.

Although the report claims the panel is based on AMOLED technology, the display is a bit different than the flexible display on the Galaxy Round as, thanks to a new method in production, it can be bent in two places. Samsung's Galaxy Round used a different manufacturing process which allowed the screen to bent only to a certain level due to limitations with connectors.

The new display is is apparently made with a film-like polyimide (PI) substrate which makes it both quite thin and foldable like paper. While Galaxy Round display uses an indium tin oxide (ITO) film it is possible that Samsung opted for metal mesh material and thanks to a single-layer TSP, there should not be any touch problems with rupture forming between sensor layers when screen is bent.

Of course, this is still a prototype and Samsung does not expect mass production before 2015. Mobile World Congress 2014 (MWC 2014) is just around the corner and will open its doors on February 24th in Barcelona, Spain, so it is possible we will hear more about this new screen there.

Nvidia might have made a lot of Tegra noise at MWC, but it appears that Qualcomm is not that worried about Nvidia's new chip and is quite confident that Snapdragon 800 will end up on top.

Qualcomm's Senior VP of Product Management, Raj Talluri certainly stepped on Nvidia's toes by saying that Qualcomm is "more focused on shipping products" rather than refuting competitors' claims. While talking to TheVerge.com, Raj Talluri also noted that he still believes that their Snapdragon 800 easily beats Nvidia Tegra 4. He also adds that despite the fact that Tegra 4 may be impressive, Snapdragon 800 is simply "much more integrated" with LTE modem and simply more powerful in general terms, especially as it can encode and decode 4K content, which Qualcomm happily demonstrated at MWC.

We have yet to see a device based on Snapdragon 800 SoC (ZTE Grand Memo confusion aside) but according to Qualcomm, we can expect over 50 product design wins that should show up in the coming months and go on sale in the second half of 2013.

Qualcomm has every right to be confident as Nvidia's Tegra 4 and Tegra 4i are simply too late and Qualcomm has an entire range of new chips, from Snapdragon 200 for entry-level, SnapDragon 400 for mid-range, Snapdragon 600 to battle Tegra 4i and Snapdragon 800 to go against Nvidia's flagship Tegra 4.

LG has finally announced the precise date for its Mobile World Congress press event, pinning it to February 25th, which is actually the first day of the Mobile World Congress.

While some smartphone makers have decided to host their own press events before the actual show kicks off, it looks like the first day of MWC will belong to LG, judging by their invite that pins the press event for February 25ht at 8:00AM local time.

There has been a lot of talk and rumors regarding LG's lineup at MWC, and it is pretty sure that we will see the new F-Series of LTE-enabled smartphones as well as the possible Optimus G Pro, an international version of the already launched Optimus G.

Of course, there could be an ace or two hidden up LG's sleeve so we'll have to wait just a tad bit longer for MWC to kick off.

According to a rather substantial amount of rumors coming from various sources it appears that Asus is gearing up to launch yet another 7-inch tablet at Mobile World Congress, the Asus Fonepad.

Digitimes reports that, according to their sources in the upstream supply chain, Asus plans to unveil a 7-inch Fonepad tablet that will be based on Intel's Lexington Atom Z2420 CPU. The device was also confirmed by CNET's independent source familiar with the matter. The new Fonepad should be built around a 7-inch 1280x800 IPS screen and according to early pictures, should have an aluminum body. The rest of the specs include PowerVR SGX540 graphics, 1GB of RAM, front facing 1.2-megapixel camera and up to 32GB of storage.

Same reports suggest that it should be direct competition to the Nexus 7 and thus have a similar price, but should end up cheaper than the MeMO Pad launched earlier in Asia.

In any case, we will know for sure once Mobile World Congress kicks off on February 25th in Barcelona.

In addition to the recent rumored specifications of the 8-inch Galaxy Note that appeared at Sammobile, a Samsung exec has apparently confirmed that this one will indeed be revealed at Mobile World Congress 2013 that kicks off in Barcelona on February 25th.

The rumor came from iNews24 site and it points that Samsung's CEO JK Shin confirmed the 8-inch Galaxy Note reveal at MWC during its meeting with the member of media at Hyatt Hotel in Seoul. The site also points out he added that the Galaxy S IV announcement is coming "soon".

In case you missed it earlier, the 8-inch Galaxy Note is said to be powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos CPU and 2GB of memory all placed behind an 8-inch Super Clear LCD 1280x800 touchscreen. Of course, it will be based on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS.

Basically, the new Xperia P and the Xperia U are smaller versions of the flagship Xperia S that is now officially shipping globally. The Xperia P is a 4-inch 540x960 smartphone that has an aluminum unibody case, something that a lot of consumers will certainly like. The 4-inch Reality touchscreen on the Xperia P features, what Sony calls, White Magic technology that should provide exceptional brightness, at least according to Sony. It also features Mobile Bravia Engine.

The Xperia P packs ST-Ericsson U8500 dual-core 1GHz CPU, 1GB of memory, 16GB of storage space and runs on Android 2.3.7 OS with a dash of Sony's Timescape, while an ICS update should come in the near future. The rest of the features include 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording, front VGA camera, as well as HDMI and USB ports and NFC support. The Xperia P will be available in black, white and red brushed aluminum colors.

The Xperia U is the smallest of the bunch and feature a 3.5-inch 480x854 Reality display and certainly aims at female part of the market with its pink and yellow exchangeable bottom caps for the black and white versions of the phone. The transparent bar also changes colors. The smallest Xperia U packs a dual-core 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM and 8GB of storage and should ship with the same Gingerbread 2.3.7 OS with Sony Timescape skin. The rest of features include 720p capable 5MP snapper on the back and VGA front one as well as an HDMI output.

Both the new Xperia P and the Xperia U should start shipping in Q2 2012 and prices are yet to be announced.